A Greek case-control study of 239 patients and 194 controls found that rising two units on a 9-point Mediterranean diet score was associated with a 30 percent lower risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancers. No single dietary component explained the link.
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Mediterranean diet helps infertility in women
Among 161 couples in Dutch fertility treatment, women whose diets most resembled the Mediterranean pattern were 40 percent more likely to conceive than those whose diets were least similar. The study was observational, so it cannot show the diet caused the difference.
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Mediterranean Diet Cuts Risk of Brain Damage Linked to Cognitive Problems
Columbia's Nikolaos Scarmeas sorted 712 New Yorkers by how closely their diets matched the Mediterranean pattern, then scanned their brains about six years later. Those following it most closely were 36% less likely to have brain infarcts.
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Mediterranean Diet Prevents Stomach Cancer
In the EPIC study of 485,044 Europeans, those adhering most closely to the Mediterranean diet had a 33% lower risk of stomach cancer, with each one-point rise on an 18-point adherence scale linked to a 5% reduction.
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Diabetes News: Mediterranean diet better than low fat diet for diabetics
Over four years, 44 percent of 215 newly diagnosed overweight diabetes patients on a Mediterranean diet needed glucose-lowering drugs, against 70 percent on a low-fat diet. The Mediterranean group also lost more weight and improved more on glycemic and coronary risk measures.
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Mediterranean Diet Linked to Lowered Risk of Depression
Following more than 10,000 Spaniards for about 4.5 years, researchers found those who stuck with the Mediterranean diet were half as likely to become depressed as those who abandoned it, though they say the relationship may not be one of cause and effect.
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Mediterranean diet beats low-fat diet in diabetes management
Italian researchers followed 215 type 2 diabetes patients for four years: 44% on a low-carbohydrate Mediterranean diet needed blood sugar medication, against 70% on a low-fat diet. Mediterranean dieters also lost 4.4 more pounds and had better cholesterol.
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Mediterranean diet cuts premature death risk
In the EPIC study, Antonia Trichopoulou's team followed 23,000 healthy Greek men for an average of 8.5 years and recorded 652 deaths among those whose diets least resembled the Mediterranean pattern against 423 among those whose diets resembled it most.
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Mediterranean diet best for heart health
Searching studies and randomized trials, researchers found the Mediterranean diet the only dietary pattern linked to lower coronary heart disease risk. Moderate evidence supported omega-3, folate, whole grains, wine, fruit, fibre and vitamins E and C; trans fats looked harmful.
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